2022 New Zealand local elections

2022 New Zealand local elections

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Turnout	1,331,517 (40.88%) 1.25 pp[A]
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Regional elections
131 regional councillors across 11 regions
Control	No groups have majority control on any council
Councillors	123 Ind. / other ( 5)   4 Green ( 2)   3 Labour / PC ( 3)   1 Te Pāti Māori ( 1)
Territorial authority elections
705 local councillors across 66 territorial authorities
Control	No groups have majority control on any council
Councillors	646 Ind. / other ( 10)   29 local groups ( 9)   20 Labour / PC ( 1)   6 Green ( 0)   4 Te Pāti Māori ( 4)
Mayoral elections
66 mayors
Affiliation	61 Independent ( 2)   3 Local groups ( 3)   1 Labour ( 0)   1 Green endorsed ( 1)
Political lean	43 Other / unclear ( 2)   14 Right leaning ( 6)   6 Left leaning ( 4)   3 Centrist ( 0)
Affiliation of elected regional councillors Affiliation of elected local councillors Success of incumbent mayors Affiliation of elected mayors Political lean of elected mayors

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The 2022 New Zealand local elections (Māori: Nga Pōtitanga ā-Rohe 2022) were triennial elections held in New Zealand on Saturday 8 October 2022. Voting began by postal vote on 16 September and ended at noon on 8 October 2022.^[1]

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